Staff working flat-out at 70 NAT stations throughout city; today’s testing ends at midnight; wearing KN95 mask strongly advised.
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NATs for entire city once again, despite no new cases; Grand Prix and Food Festival can go ahead if Macao gets clean bill of health this time.
Source of latest Covid-19 case, 58-year-old seafood deliveryman, still unclear; Macao facing three days of RATs as Typhoon Nalgae bears down on city.
Carnival axed due to concerns over spread of pandemic; Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion, Mong-Ha Sports Centre and Olympic Sports Centre Stadium also closed.
All mass-testing NAT results negative so far; health workers trying to find source of latest case as typhoon nears; risk to Grand Prix and Food Fest ‘under control’, says health chief.
Sixty NAT testing stations operating flat-out to test everyone in city by 11 am tomorrow. Caseload now at 11. Health chief says ‘don’t worry too much’.
Two more Covid-19 cases spark compulsory emergency NATs from 7 am tomorrow, even though Signal No 3 is expected as Typhoon Nalgae approaches.
Measures also apply to those in Zhuhai since 29 October; Macao commuters must travel directly from self-health monitoring location to border crossing point.
Woman, 34, lives in same block as 43-year-old diagnosed earlier yesterday, who crossed paths with other carriers in Zhuhai last week.